Wednesday, January 17, 2018

NEBRASKA: Its Land, Its People now open at MONA

Date: May 19 through Mar 13

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Its Land, Its People
May 19, 2017 – March 13, 2018 - Part I
August 29, 2017 – February 25, 2018 - Part II
Artworks that speak about the richness and diversity of the state’s land and its people, this selection presents some of the most iconic images that represent the history of Nebraska from the 19th century to the present day. Drawn from the Museum’s collection together with loans from other institutions and private lenders, artists include Albert Bierstadt, William Henry Jackson, Robert Henri, Elizabeth Dolan, Aaron...

"NEBRASKA: The Natural World" Opens at MONA

Date: Jun 6 through Mar 11

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: The Natural World
June 6, 2017 – March 11, 2018
Nebraska artists have always been inspired by the diverse range of wildlife thriving on the Great Plains. From John James Audubon’s Birds of America published between 1827 and 1838 to a stunning meadowlark coat created by contemporary fiber artist Robert Hillestad, this exhibition pays homage to the many species that can be found on the plains of Nebraska.

"NEBRASKA: Jean Thiessen – The MONA Collection" Opens at MONA

Date: Jul 21 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Jean Thiessen – The MONA Collection
July 21, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Self-taught artist Jean Thiessen (1876-1960) created captivating seven on-edge felt mosaics in the early part of the 20th century. MONA is fortunate to have many of her works, acquired from her son’s estate who himself was a prolific artist and early leader of the Museum. These unique and amazing creations exhibit rich coloration and a linear design, examples of an artist in full understanding of her medium.

"NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection" Opens at MONA

Date: Jul 28 through Feb 11

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection
July 28, 2017 – February 11, 2018
Solomon Butcher (1856-1927) was one of those migrating to Nebraska with dreams of a new and prosperous life under the Homestead Act. Quickly realizing he was not suited to work the land, he was inspired by those who did, and had a vision to create the settlement of the plains in a photographic history. Perhaps best known for his distinctive sod house images, Butcher’s photographs are regarded as the most important record of homesteading in America.

"NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection" Now Open at MONA

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection
August 22, 2017 – February 25, 2018
This portfolio of 33 lithographs by George Catlin (1796-1872) is an important part of MONA’s Artist-Explorers collection. After seeing a Plains Indian delegation on its way to Washington, D.C. in 1824, Catlin was inspired to dedicate his life to recording the disappearing customs and culture of Native Americans, traveling to the West to paint his subjects on their native land. In 1844, he produced a series of lithographs from...

"NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton – The MONA Collection" Opens at MONA

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton – The MONA Collection
August 22, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Francis Parkman’s novel, The Oregon Trail, was first published in 1849 after magazine serialization between 1847 and 1849. Each generation of publishers chose a different artist to illustrate the ever-popular Parkman text. The 1945 edition featured Thomas Hart Benton’s renditions. MONA’s collection of all 28 of Benton’s gouache paintings, including the 16 chosen for the 1945 edition, represent the only complete set known to exist.

"NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection" Now open at MONA

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection
August 22, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Nebraska native son Wright Morris (1910-1998) is represented at MONA with 131 black and white photographs, likely the largest collection in a public institution. During a cross-country car trip in 1938, he became enthralled with the visual beauty of the Nebraska landscape and rural life that he remembered from his youth. He bought a camera and began to document the mid-century structures and artifacts of rural America.

"Optical Chronicle II" Opens at MONA

Date: Aug 8 through Apr 15

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

Optical Chronicle II
August 8, 2017 – April 15, 2018
Author Henry M. Sayre in his book A World of Art discusses the various roles of the artist in society. He identifies four roles; the second one is how artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings. These roles provide viewers with a touchstone through which they can then begin to interpret the work. This exhibition is the second in a series of four exhibitions, each dedicated alternatively to one of Sayre’s four guiding...

"Don't Touch That Dial: Tune in to Kalamity Kate and the George Churley Puppets"

Date: Aug 18 through Jun 15

See the George Churley Puppets that delighted a generation of Nebraska kids on KOLN/KGIN TV's Cartoon Corral. Historic video clips and costumes worn by host Kalamity Kate (Leta Powell Drake) take you back to the 1970s. Monday-Friday, 9:00-4:30; Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-4:30 p.m.

NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection
On view through February 25, 2018
This portfolio of 33 lithographs by George Catlin (1796-1872) is an important part of MONA’s Artist-Explorer collection. After seeing a Plains Indian delegation on its way to Washington, D.C. in 1824, Catlin was inspired to dedicate his life to recording the disappearing customs and culture of Native Americans by traveling to the West to paint his subjects on their native land. In 1844, he produced a series of lithographs from the...

NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection

Date: Jul 28 through Mar 5

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection
On view through March 5, 2018
Solomon Butcher (1856-1927) was one of those migrating to Nebraska with dreams of a new and prosperous life under the Homestead Act. Quickly realizing he was not suited to work the land, he was inspired by those who did, and had a vision to create the settlement of the plains in a photographic history. Perhaps best known for his distinctive sod house images, Butcher’s photographs are regarded as the most important record of homesteading in America.

Optical Chronicle II

Date: Aug 8 through Apr 15

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

Optical Chronicle II
On view through April 15, 2018
Author Henry M. Sayre in his book A World of Art discusses the various roles of the artist in society. He identifies four roles; the second is how artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings. These roles provide the viewer with a touchstone through which they can then begin to interpret the work. This exhibition is the second in a series of four exhibitions, each dedicated to one of Sayre’s four guiding principles.

NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton – The MONA Collection

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton –
The MONA Collection
On view through February 25, 2018
Francis Parkman’s novel, The Oregon Trail, was first published in 1849 after magazine serialization between 1847 and 1849. Each generation of publishers chose a different artist to illustrate Parkman’s text. The 1945 edition featured Thomas Hart Benton’s renditions. MONA’s collection of all 28 of Benton’s gouache and ink paintings, including the 16 chosen for the l945 edition, represent the only complete set known to exist.

NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection
On view through February 25, 2018
Nebraska native son Wright Morris (1910-1998) is represented at MONA with 131 black and white photographs, likely the largest collection in a public institution. During a cross-country car trip in 1938, he became enthralled with the visual beauty of the Nebraska landscape and rural life that he remembered from his youth. He bought a camera and began to document the mid-century structures and artifacts of rural America.

Voltage: Quilts by Erica Waaser

Date: Sep 29 through Feb 25

An architect and a native of Germany, Waaser creates contemporary studio quilts that recall Abstract Expressionism, Op-Art, and various patchwork traditions. She uses the medium of collage to explore color relationships, and to resolve questions of scale in what ultimately become large quilts featuring energetic lightning-bolt designs of interlocking zigzags. The IQSCM is pleased to introduce Waaser’s work, which has been shown in multiple international juried competitions.
Cost: free with admission.
**We will be closed every Monday.
For...

Olive’s Journey

Date: Nov 21 through Feb 18

Olive Emma Bucklin died at age 58, following ten years of progressive loss of physical and mental acuity and quality of life caused by Alzheimer’s Disease. Quilting became a creative refuge for Olive, who retained her love of fabric, color and texture, and her ability to visualize design. With help from her sister, Judy, Olive continued to quilt, even in her last year of life. “Olive’s Journey” represents the bonds of sisters, the persistence of creativity, and the power of beauty to sustain us even in the most debilitating...

Holiday Lights Festival – NRG Energy Ice Rink in The Capitol District

Date: Nov 21 through Feb 14

Location: NRG Energy Ice Rink
11th and Capitol , Omaha,
NE

The NRG Energy Ice Rink, at its new location in The Capitol District off 10th and Capitol Ave., will return to entertain families and “Shine the Light on Hunger.” Check our website for a complete schedule. The rink will be closed on Christmas Day. The $8 admission fee includes skate rental, though patrons may bring their own skates. Conagra Brands will match all rink income dollar for dollar up to $100,000 and donate all proceeds to the Food Bank for the Heartland as a component of the Shine the Light on Hunger campaign. For details,...

Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly

Date: Dec 7 through Feb 24

Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly takes the yearly migration path of the Monarch butterfly, from Central Canada through the Midwest, the Plains of Nebraska and Texas, on its way to Mexico and back, as a metaphor for considering themes of place, home, movement, migration, immigration, mobility, diaspora across the Americas, transnationalism, land rights, and sovereignty.
Learn more about the exhibition and featured artists at bemiscenter.org.
Free and open to the public.
Gallery Hours |...

Nebraska Now: Jave Yoshimoto Sundering Macrocosm, Paintings

Date: Jan 13 through Apr 1

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. Kearney, NE,
NE

Nebraska Now: Jave Yoshimoto
Sundering Macrocosm, Paintings
January 13 – April 1, 2018
Jave Yoshimoto creates work that focuses on natural, man-made, or imaginary disasters and, in doing so, brings to light a “social amnesia” found in contemporary culture. Yoshimoto, born in Japan to Chinese parents, migrated to California at an early age. This cross-cultural background fundamentally informs his work and provides a broad world-view for him to draw upon. Yoshimoto is an Assistant Professor of Art in the College of Communication, Fine Arts...

MONA Selects: Recently Acquired Works

Date: Jan 16 through Mar 2

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

MONA Selects: Recently Acquired Works
January 16 – March 2, 2018
Over the last four years, the Museum of Nebraska Art has added over 300 artworks to its permanent collection including representational and non-representational paintings, sculpture, photography, prints, and other media. While highlighting works new to the collection, this selection also recognizes the importance of donors and artists in expanding MONA’s collection. The resounding theme of MONA Selects is a salute to the creativity and diversity found in Nebraska.

Sculpture Garden Series: Ferguson, Friedman, Kaneko

Date: Dec 29 through Sep 7

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

Sculpture Garden Series:
Ferguson, Friedman, Kaneko
On view through September, 2018
Artwork by three of Nebraska’s most prominent sculptors, Catherine Ferguson, Charley Friedman, and Jun Kaneko, are featured in the MONA Hillegass Sculpture Garden. At the entrance, viewers are greeted by a ceramic, larger-than-life, black and white ‘head’ sculpture by world-renowned ceramicist and Omaha-based artist, Jun Kaneko. This work is on loan from Clay and Beth Smith of Lincoln, Nebraska. Flanking the entrance into the Museum is Catherine...

TWO PLACES AT ONCE Craig Roper + Garric Simonsen

Date: Jan 12 through Mar 4

Location: Darger HQ
1804 Vinton Street , Omaha,
NE

Two Places at Once, opening Friday, January 12, at Darger HQ, will feature work by Craig Roper (Lincoln, Nebraska) and Garric Simonsen (Spokane, WA) and will be on view through March 4, 2018. The opening reception will be 6:00 to 9:00 pm, with an artist talk at 8:00 pm, moderated by Josephine Fatima Martins.
Craig Roper
“Roper rests within the, more recent and still active, Neo-Realistic mode in which images are pulled from everyday life using photography to capture situations with strange and poetic minimal beauty, and the tone of wander...

Chadron State Hosts Marilee Salvator's “Growth Patterns (Remix)”

Date: Jan 8 through Feb 2

Chadron State College is hosting Marilee Salvator's "Growth Patterns (Remix)" January 8 - February 2 in Memorial Hall. The gallery is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This large print installation, inspired by growth and invasion includes over 1,000 individual pieces.
Marilee Salvator’s work has been exhibited in over 100 solo and group exhibitions throughout North America, South Korea, China, Portugal, Serbia, Ireland, Scotland, Poland, New Zealand, Italy and Romania.

One Room: Millions of Memories Film Festival

Date: Jan 13 through Feb 25

Join us for the One Room: Millions of Memories Film Festival Saturdays and Sundays in January and February of 2018, at 2:00 p.m., in the Homestead National Monument of America Education Center. This year’s film festival will feature films that honor the history and stories of one room schools and show how education impacted communities. Admission is free.
January 13-14 Days of the One Room Schoolhouse
January 20-21 Country School: One Room – One Nation
January 27-28 Last of the One Room Schools 1 & 2
February 3-4 Last of the One Room...

"Looking Past Skin: Our Common Threads"

Date: Jan 16 through May 15

This exhibit explores the movement of people from the earliest Native cultures to the most recent refugee families. Their rich traditions, unique languages, food, and religions are all part of Nebraska's story. Put a pin on the map showing your family's origin. Learn more about Yazidi, Sudanese, and Vietnamese immigrants, food choices for migrants, Hispanic communities in Nebraska and more in this collaborative exhibit.

Cranes Taking Flight

Date: Jan 17 through May 13

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

Cranes: Taking Flight
February 17 – May 13, 2018
In honor of the annual Sandhill Crane migration through Central Nebraska, the Museum of Nebraska Art showcases artworks that pay tribute to this natural phenomenon. From painting and sculpture to prints and photography, artists have been inspired to render striking imagery depicting the literal and spiritual significance of this recurring spectacle.